Environmental Law Program

Coal Industry Strikes Out on Blair Mountain Lawsuit

http://content.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/update/2016/april-20-2016#overlay=node/6411/edit%3Fdestination%3Dadmin/workbench/content/all

Victory for Grand Canyon: Forest Service Rejects Project That Would Have Spelled Disaster for Grand Canyon

http://content.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/lawsuit/2016/victory-grand-canyon-forest-service-rejects-project-would-have-spelled-disaster-grand

Benicia Planning Commission Unanimously Rejects Valero’s Oil Train Proposal

http://content.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/lawsuit/2016/benicia-planning-commission-unanimously-rejects-valero-s-oil-train-proposal

Facing Strong Opposition, Company Abandons Plan to Ship Crude Oil from Grays Harbor

https://content.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/lawsuit/2013/favorable-ruling-grays-harbor-crude-rail-proposals

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The Environmental Law Program directs legal strategy for the Sierra Club's priority campaigns, including Beyond Coal, Beyond Oil and Our Wild America. We litigate cases and coordinate legal work among campaigns, state level chapters and NGO coalitions.

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Blog Posts

What's Next for Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline Fight?

Lakota Sioux marcher at Standing Rock (Oceti Sakowin) camp after the Army Corps of Engineers' denied a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to tunnel under Lake Oahe. Photo by Brian Nevins.

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Pruitt: The Black Pot

Time and again, the Sierra Club has witnessed EPA nominee Scott Pruitt’s self-serving agenda at work in Oklahoma, where, as state attorney general, Pruitt has repeatedly partnered...

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